“I don’t know much
about the technique of music,” he said at last, with his eyes upon her. It was a curious sight to see how this extraordinary woman, who, it has been
said, was not less remarkable for the extreme delicacy of her features, and the
faultless symmetry of her figure, than for her wonderful strength and agility,
conducted herself in the present encounter; with what dexterity she parried every
blow aimed against her by her adversary, whose head and face, already marked
by various ruddy streams, showed how successfully her own hits had been made;
—how she drew him hither and thither, now leading him on, now driving him
suddenly back; harassing and exhausting him in every possible way, and making
it apparent that she could at any moment put an end to the fight, and only
delayed the finishing stroke to make his punishment the more severe. ’
‘I will not. ’
‘Very well, Melusine, you win,’ Gerald said unguardedly, and dug his hand
into his pocket. ‘And I don’t mind telling
you it goes agin’ the grain with me to let you go free and all, missie. Pramlay received them in the pretty chintz drawing-room, which opened
by French windows on the trim garden, with its croquet lawn, its tennis-net in
the middle distance, and its remote rose alley lined with smart dahlias and
flaming sunflowers. ’ She shrugged fatalistically. I don’t know. His
throat filled; he wanted to weep. She moved then, fast, taking refuge
behind a Chinese screen that was set beside the four-poster at the back of the
room. Fortunately, ever since Wild's late murderous
attack, the household has all been well armed.
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